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New Zealand earthquake triggers tsunami advisory

ABC News' Marcus Moore reports on the 5.9 magnitude earthquake that prompted authorities to urge people to get to higher ground.

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@nick9396 From YouTube ↗ 17 Jul 2026 1
I'm in Christchurch never felt it.
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What? It’s mountains down there people are either in higher ground or not there …
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I hope everyone is okay and stay safe
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Reported on nz geonet as 6.3
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And only 10 people got affected in this region.
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This exceeded my expectations.
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Babes that’s Milford Sound not Christchurch AWKIES and there has been zero tsunami warning….
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Kiwi from the area here the quake was north of Te Anau just up the road 100ks from my home Invercargill the cat took off but nothing to worry about folk just a rattle 5.9 on the scale
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We live in dunedin, was shaking for what seemed like forever... definitely not wanting any bigger
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Seems like it's much closer to Invercargill than Christchurch isn't it? Let's have some of the New Zealanders chime in here, please.
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@ccl5141 From YouTube ↗ 17 Jul 2026 3
My Goodness, what is with all these earthquakes in such a short time. I hope everyone is safe .
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I live around 417 miles east of the earthquake in Dunedin, didn't feel anything, maybe thats because I'm on an inclined street in town, but yeah just watched tv on the sofa while dealing with 2 nice ladies that were moving into my place at the time, but nope didn't know about the quake till around a few hours later,
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Hi from central otago in southern New Zealand 👋 it woke me up, rattled windows, I'm 140 km or 87 American miles from the epicenter as the crow flies. It's pretty typical for strong earthquake near the fiordland coast to trigger a tsunami advisory as a precaution but it was lifted pretty quickly when the data was reviewed by geonet because it was in the mountains. But of excitement, I have a friend working in a shop closer to the epicenter, he said a few things were tossed off shelves and a bit of coffee was spilled but that was it👋
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In New Zealand prayers helps to them
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@cr6262 From YouTube ↗ 17 Jul 2026 19
That's nowhere near Christchurch. I'm in Christchurch and lying in bed. This is the first I'm seeing about it.
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Was pretty strong my bed was hard out shaking, Invercargill
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クライストチャーチと聞くと11年前の地震思い出す。そのほぼ一ヶ月後東日本大震災。
現地どうなってんだろう?
全くテレビでは報道してないが?
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Christchurch is nowhere near where the earthquake happened Christchurch is about 640 km away Dunedin city is the closest at 246 km either the reporter doesn't know geography or whoever wrote the story definitely doesn't know geography. And how do I know this because I live in New Zealand.
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@rad4924 From YouTube ↗ 17 Jul 2026 90
"Near Christchurch". Yeah, it's near Christchurch in the same way that Toronto is near New York. I'm in Christchurch and I did not feel a thing.
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It's really not surprising, because New Zealand gets a lot of Earthquakes.I'm not surprised